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In the Q3 of last year, the Indian government agreed to import telecommunications gear from China while at the same time implementing new security screening measures. In a current statistic of Indian media shows that there are over 600 million of mobile users in India, nearly 20 million of new users per month, and Chinese mobile phone takes almost 50% of the Indian mobile phone market share. Most of the China-imported cell phone in India are shanzhai phone.
The HTC HD7 clone unlike the original one, no question that is less powerful, but it is still acceptable for basic mobile phone users. Things you have to know is it doesn’t have a very fast processor, unable to record 720p HD video, and it won’t run Windows Phone 7. So, please do not expect it is going to be fantastic.
We love made-in-China gadgets, and we love Shanzhai (山寨) too. We know China is famous for counterfeit products, and counterfeiting has played an important role in China’s tech industry. The weirdly awesome knock-offs including cellphones, cameras, computers and laptops in tech markets from the Huaqiangbei commercial district in Shenzhen has gained quite a good reputation since most of them copied Apple’s designs. The knock-offs amazed people around the world, and some wish they can score the shanzhai versions of gadgets they got from famous tech brands. Here comes the question, do you know how the shanzhai industry works? The video below explains everything you ever wanted to know about shanzhai.
UPDATE: Here’s Part 2!
It’s been a long, long time since we talked about an iPad knockoff. You may ask, why we almost stop reporting those knockoffs, well, we do not see an impressive one which is deserved to appear on our blog. We took some time to search, and here’s the latest one we like, a dual-boot Windows/Android tablet, called the A-97, looks just like the original iPad.
If you are living in Japan and love the knockoff products from China, we feel happy for you. According to Japanese customs, over 90 percent of counterfeit goods that entered Japan in 2010 were from China. The exact amount for the knockoff goods is 20,996 pieces, and this number is 11 percent higher than the previous year.
Nokia N97 was released sometimes back in the first half of 2009, knockoff maker brings it back with a bigger size. It doesn’t look exact the same as N97, but still features slider keyboard on the side. Let’s take a brief look…
We’ve seen the super cool iWatch, but now we’ve got a poor Chinese man here spending four hours to transform his iPod nano knockoff into an iWatch. He got himself lots of geeky tools for the “big” project, and he thinks it is not difficult to do so. Looking at his super detailed rundown on his blog, we believe this is not for beginners.
It is perfectly normal to hear that Facebook and Twitter have prominent Chinese counterparts, Renren and Sina Weibo. However, we have a new member today. Introducing DianDian, the wonderful Tumblr knockoff, founded by a “Genius in the Chinese Social Networking industry”.
Last week, I spotted an awesome store on the streets of Guangzhou. A fake 7-Eleven store showing an Apple logo on its signboard to attract Apple fanboys. Well, there are no Apple knockoffs in the store, but there might be some fake Big Gulps, Big Bites, or Slurpees!
Ok guys, this is probably the crappiest iPhone knockoff we have ever seen. It has a physical keypad, a small touchscreen, and a silly name ‘iPhoue’. We found this in Shenzhen and just want to share with you guys. LOL.
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